Below are the sections of Professor Leshkowich's dissertation for Week 11. The documents have been saved in MS Word 95 format. Just click on the link to download them (except for the glossary, which will open as a picture in the browser window). If you have any problems, please e-mail Professor Leshkowich. Please note that all selections below are required, with the exception of chapter 6. Illustrations have not been included, but the hard copy available in the reading room on the 2nd floor of Beaven Hall has them.

Glossary of Key Terms

Introduction: Women, Traders, "Secret Agents"

Introduction to Part I: The Two Faces of Ben Thanh Market

Chapter 1: Tightly Woven Threads: Gender and Kinship in Traders' Daily Lives

Chapter Two: Hot Loans, Cosmopolitan Cousins, and Fictive Kin: Managing Risk by Making Outsiders Insiders

Chapter Three: Gods and Mobsters: Navigating the Dangers of Doing Business in Ben Thanh Market

Introduction to Part II: Diagnosing Secret Agency

Chapter Four: Sister Traders Versus Hungry Ghosts: A Conflict over Stall Use Fees

Chapter Five: The Importance of Being Petty

Chapter Six: State Tropes and Personal Tales: Telling and Writing Vietnamese Women's Lives (Optional)

Conclusion: Demolishing Ben Thanh Market, Undermining Secret Agency

Bibliography

 

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